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TO ALL WI-IOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. GLOVER, of Medford, inthe county ofMiddlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Besoin-Pads; and I-do hereby declare that the followingis a. full and exact description thereof, reference being,l had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consistsjn substituting an air-cushion,peculiarly constructed for that purpose, iu'place of springs or packingiii the construction of bosom-pads for ladies. A

To enable others skilledjn the art te make and use my invention, I willproceed to `describe its construction and use. In the drawings- Figure 1is a front elevation of one of the pads as it appears when inflated.

Figure 2 is a view of that side worn next to the wearer.

Figure 3 is a cross-section through the pad.

To construct my improved pad, I proceed as follows I first form upon asuitable mould a concave disk, A B. This disk may be made of' paper,hard rubber, or any other material haring sufficient stiffness to retainits form andv still not be too rigid, and also be impermeable to air.'lo the inner or under side of' this disk is cemented, or otherwiseconnected so as to be air-tight, the gathered-iu edge Il II of theelastic sack C D E F. rIhis sack is united to the disk at the line Il IIinstead of at the extreme edge. so that when the pad is inflated, readyfor use, there will hc a thin air-cushion between the hard edge of thedisk and the person of the wearer. The cushion is inated by means o? asmall fiekible'tnbe, G., and may he made with suitable loops forattaching,r fit to the garment of the wearer. The advantages that Iclaim are that it isvcry light, not heating, and may he made larger orsmaller, to suit the dress of the wearer. The under side of this pad mayhe made corrugated, if desirable, so as to allow of free circulation ofair between the pad and the person ot' thc wearer. when thc'pad isinflated it may be kept so by simply'tying a. string tightly around thetube G Instead of the tulle Ur, the pad maybe inflated by use of any ofthe ordinary devices used for inllating:r foot-balls, lifc-prcscrvers,the. These pads may be made in o .ny desired shape or size.

Howing thus described my invention, I will new proceed to set forth myclaim.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot'lhc United States, is`

An inflated hosom-pad, made by uniting the sack C I) E F to the underside of the disk A B on the liuc II II, which is more or less remotefrom thc extreme edge of' the disk, substantially as described, and forthe purpose set forth.

EDWARD W. GLOVER.

`Witnesses:

A. HUN BERRY, FRANK G. PARKER.

